Electrical receptacle and rosette.



L. J. OASTONGUAY. LEGTRIGAL REGEPTAOLB AND ROSETTE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.17, 1908.

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ITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEGEB J. CASTONGUAY, OF BEIDGEIPOR'I', CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOB TO THEBRYANT ELECTRIC COMPANY, OI BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORATION OFCON- NECTICUT.

ELECTRICAL BECEPTLCLE AND ROSET'IE.

Patented June 28, 1910.

Application filed December 17, 1903. Serial No. 488,016.

1 a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing atBridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State 0 Connecticut, haveinvented certain new. and useful Imrovements in Electrical Receptaclesand osettes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to electrical receptacles and rosettes especiallythose adapted for use at the flaring outlets from conduit pipes, and theobjectof my invention is to so construct the insulating body of thereceptacle or rosette that it may adapt itself readily to form the meansfor connecting the insulating cover to the outlet piece and that in away which will allow a convenient connecting up of the wires.

In the accompanying drawings F igre 1 is a vertical section on the line11, ig. 2, through the flaring outlet piece and insulating cover butshowing the receptacle in side elevation; Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame, showing the cover removed; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theinsulating base detached and with all the conducting parts removed; Fi 4is a view of a rosette, similar to Fig. 1, ut without the outletpiece;.and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the rosette base.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, A is the flaring outlet piece, which iscommonly used on the end of an electrical conduit pipe, and has twoinwardly projecting lugs a, a on opposite sides at 1ts open month. Theselugs are tapped for the reception of securing screws 7), which passthrou h openings 0 in the base flange (l of the insulating body D of thereceptacle, this body being porcelain or other insulating material. In'the present instance this insulating body is shown as carrying the usualscrew ring R and central spring contact C for an Edison lamp base, thesetwo terminals having binding screws s, 8 for the attachment of the baredends of the wires IV, ll". Notches "w, w, are formed in the base flange(l for the assage of the wires to the terminals. The flange d is formedwith extensions (Z beyond the said notches w, w, and I secure in theseextensions threaded thimbles t to receive the threaded ends of headedsecuring screws F, F, which pass through suitable openingswith itsterminal plates for the terminals and in the insulating cover piece G,to secure the latter over the mouth 0 the outlet piece and the body ofthe receptacle and its metal partsi as will be understood by referenceto en my invention is applied to a rosette, the only material change isin the construction of the main body part D Figs. 4 and 5,

wire connections instead of the lamp base connections.

body as carrying two L- shaped terminal plates 7 secured to the base inany suitable way. These plates have binding screws 6 for connection ofthe wires from the conduit, and binding posts 8 for connection of thewires passing out through the opening in the cover G As in theconstruction 0 the receptacle (Figs. 1 to 3), however, the base flange dof the insulating body, by which the -In the present instance I haveshown the latter is to. be secured to the outlet piece of a theconduit,-has extensions d provided with threaded thimblesi for thereception of the threaded ends of the headed screws F securing the cover(it to the base.

I c aim asmy invention '1. An electrical appliance adapted for use atthe flaringmouth of an electrical conduit and COmPIlSID an insulatinbody carrying having formed a base flange by which it may be secured tosaid mouth piece, said insulating flange having extensions with threadedthimbles, securing screws and a cover held in place by thelatter,'substantially as described.

2. An electrical appliance adapted for use at the flaring mouth of anelectrical conduit and comprising an insulating body carrying terminalsand having formed with the body a base flange by which it may be securedto. said mouth piece, said insulating flange hav-- ing extensions withthreaded thimbles and intermediate notches for the wires, securingscrews to engage said thimbles and a cover held in place by the screws,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresepce of two subscribing witnesses. I

LEGER J.'CASTONGUAY. Witnesses:

G. W. Goonninon,

H. W. GoLnsnonoUoH.

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